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20 Amendments of Rosa D'AMATO related to 2014/2223(INI)

Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation -1 b (new)
- having regard to the Decision No 1386/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on a General Union Environment Action Programme to 2020 'Living well, within the limits of our planet'
2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions entitled "An EU Strategy on adaptation to climate change" COM(2013)0216),
2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 b (new)
- having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions entitled "Our life insurance, our natural capital: an EU biodiversity strategy to 2020 (COM(2011)0244),
2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 c (new)
- having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions entitled "Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe" (COM2011)0571),
2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas, although this is clearly an area of Member State responsibility, forest- based businesses are keen to see better and more active coordination and a higher profile for this important economic sector, as well as guarantees of jobs at European level;
2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas timber is a sustainrenewable resource and the intelligent and sustainable use of this raw material needs to be ensured, including by the development and exchange of know-how;
2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas, owing to the urbanisation of our society, EU citizens feel less of a connection to the forest, and have little knowledge of forestry and its positive impact on prosperity, jobs and the whole value chain, climate, environment, human health and the whole value chain and the link with the wider ecosystems;
2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission communication on a new EU forest strategy and the accompanying working documents, and stresses that an EU forest strategy must focus on better coordination, because the increasing number of European policy initiatives in areasensuring the sustainable management of forests, promoting partnerships between forestry and nature conservation , and the coordination of Community policies which have a direct or indirect reference to forestry such as economic and employment policy, energy supplpolicy, environmental and climate policy, call for a greater contribution from the forestry sector;
2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
1 a. Considers that forest provides value and benefits to society with their economic, social and environmental functions; underlines the need to determine the value of forest ecosystem services more systematically and to take it into consideration in public and private sector decision-making;
2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the importance of ownership and property rights, as well as the various ecosystem and protection services that forests provide to society, and supports all measures enabling all relevant stakeholder groups to participate in a dialogue on developing and implementing sustainable forest management and improve the exchange of information;
2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Considers that Europe's forests are of great value in terms of biodiversity and as carbon sinks and therefore should benefit from a high level of protection and an improvement in the conservation status of forest species and habitats, as required under the forest target of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020; highlights the opportunities provided by the Natura 2000 network on this respect, which includes a significant share of Europe's forests;
2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Gives its full support to the Commission's efforts to promote forest- related employment and the generation of prosperity in Europe, and stresses in this connection the important role of the sustainable production of timber and other materials, such as cork, for; of other forest ecosystem services such as soil protection, flood prevention, carbon sequestration, air cleaning and water filtration; of the development of sustainable economic models and, and of the creation of green jobs and the enlargement of forests' benefits to society as a whole;
2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that timber as a raw material, and sustainable forest management, have an important role to play in achievement of the EU's socio-political goals such as the energy transition and the implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy targets and biodiversity targets, and notes that lack of management is inimical tothe absence of forest management may, in certain cases, work against these goals;
2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Highlights that the predicted growth in wood demand is both an opportunity and a challenge to the forests and all forest-based sectors, especially as droughts, fires, storms, and pests are expected to damage forests more frequently and more severely as a result of climate change; recalls in this context the need to protect forests from these growing threats and to reconcile their productive and protective functions;
2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Takes the view that sustainable forest management must be based on generally acknowledged and accepted criteria and indicators which must always apply to the sector as a whole; strongly supports in this connection the sustainability criteria devised in the framework of Forest Europe (Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe)1 [1], which form a pan-European basis for uniform reporting on sustainable forest management and a basis for sustainability certification; __________________ 1 Forest Europe - Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe, Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Legally Binding Agreement on Forests in Europe: http://www.foresteurope.org/
2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Takes the view that forest management plans can be an important strategic instrument for the implementation of concrete measures at the level of individual businesses, while supporting the principle that such measures should be voluntary, in accordance with entrepreneurial freedom; calls at the same time for a clear separation between forest management plans and the management plans under Natura 2000, in view of the need to curb excessive bureaucracy, particularly for small and medium-sized forestry undertaking; recommends at the same time that Natura 2000 protection objectives and measures are taken into account when developing forest management plans;
2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to devise measures and, where possible, use existing European instruments such as the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF) and the European training programmes (ET2020), to compensate for the workforce shortage in the forests; further takes the view that training programmes should be developed, particularly for new entrants and young foresters, so that the transfer of knowledge in sustainable forest management and its downstream industries is ensured;
2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to promote initiatives focusing more closely on timber as one of the EU's crucial and limited raw materials and on the forest as a significant economic factor, environmental and social resource and a supplier for a bio-based society, and expressly supports awareness-raising campaigns to this end in schools and educational establishments;
2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Takes the view, therefore, that the Standing Forestry Committee and the involvement of all relevant stakeholders should be strengthened to enable expertise from the Member States to be exploited to that end and to play an active role in the implementation process;
2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Notes that, in view of the Commission's list of priorities, priority should also be given in implementing the new EU forest strategy to promoting the competitiveness and sustainability of forestry, protecting, conserving and enhancing the ecosystem services they provide, supporting rural and urban areas, expanding the knowledge basis and promoting coordination and communication;
2015/01/30
Committee: AGRI